This poem describes a pagan ritual in which "a ring of men" chant to their "savage source" and so that "out of their blood," they will "return to the sky." In another section. the speaker wonders if "our blood should fail [...] or [...] come to be the blood of paradise." The narrator claims "death is the mother of beauty" when the poem's main subject says that beauty is transitory. That subject wonders "what is (*) divini
This poem describes a pagan ritual in which "a ring of men" chant to their "savage source" and so that "out of their blood," they will "return to the sky." In another section. the speaker wonders if "our blood should fail [...] or [...] come to be the blood of paradise." The narrator claims "death is the mother of beauty" when the poem's main subject says that beauty is transitory. That subject wonders "what is (*) divinity if it can come / only in silent shadows and dreams?" It begins with a woman in her peignoir eating oranges and drinking coffee. For 10 points, name this poem from the collection Harmonium about a women's search for spiritual fulfillment in the Christian faith while skipping church on Easter, written by Wallace Stevens.
This poem describes a pagan ritual in which "a ring of men" chant to their "savage source" and so that "out of their blood," they will "return to the sky."
“{Sunday Morning}”